RE: [AMBER] make test.parallel never finishes

From: Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:18:53 -0700

Hi Jan,

> I am using Scientific Linux 5.2, but the compiler was built and tested
> by hand. I also tried gcc 4.3.2 (self-built). That gave big test errors
> for the serial version, so I did not try the parallel one. With OpenMPI
> 1.4.2 (and gcc 4.5.0) it's the stuck test case again.
>
> I'll try the compat-gcc (v. 3.X) option for compiling OpenMPI, that was
> suggested in the other answer, and report back.

I would suggest trying mpich2 or mvapich and see if the problem goes away. OpenMPI is generally pretty poor, both in performance and reliability to I tend to avoid using it. Switching to mpich2 will probably save you a lot of headaches.

All the best
Ross

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